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Please HELP ME !!!!.........Is there no end to this madness, just look at the price AL WILSON has just gone for on Ebay, Unbelievable.... https://www.ebay.com/itm/201525267665?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Same here, I have a Grey AURORO Copy which understand is the first original release

So sad, what a lovely guy.....R.I.P IAN

Quality....Shame I've got one already

Yes but also come out on blue Pye with 'Washed Ashore' on b side so make sure you check if you get contacted

Dave I think the record you are thinking of here was IRMA & THE LARKS - WITHOUT YOU BABY - PRIORITY (A Harthon production) co written by Eddie Holman......nice classy mid-tempo. Certainly aint the fantastic Acetate on ebay at moment with shing-a-ling backing

Have'nt seen Toby for a few years, he was always lovely guy to talk to y'now, great company..... Sadly another of the scenes well know 'Faces' has left us...... R.I.P. Toby

Talking of bargains on Ebay, I've had 5 good ones over recent years ISONICS - SUGAR - KAMMY BUY IT NOW $9-99 TWO PEOPLE - STOP LEAVE MY HEART ALONE - REVUE DJ MY WINNING BID $14-00 FABULOUS APOLLOS - DETERMINATION/THE ONE ALONE - VALTONE WDJ BUY IT NOW $29-99 BUSTER AND EDDIE - CANT BE STILL - CLASS WDJ (VG COPY) $94-00 AQUAMEN - LINE AND TRACK - HIBACK WDJ ONLY BIDDER $49-99 Happy shopping

DONT THINK THE BOOTS HAVE 'RADIO STATION COPY' PRINTED ON THE LABEL EITHER ?

Yeah that was the man Smudger

£600/£700 in Excellent condition seem about right at 'present' I think

Oh It's 'DJ COPY' sorry couldn't definitely remember as it was a few years ago

Great record Patty Stokes too !!!!

only ever seen one, when I bought my copy from a guy from the leicester area (not Manny) for £400 he had secured half a dozen or so from a member of the group and one WAS a promo copy Tried to offer a bit more for the Demo but the guy had the sense to say no, nevermind I'm happy with my minter and from a band member too !!! (demo identical to issues but have PROMOTION COPY in same gold lettering as rest of disc on one side of the credits)

I think there are also reversed labels of this....... Luckily mine the right way round, bought from Koppel collection via Tim Brown back in the 90's for £400, mines a VG++

Originals have Promotion Copy printed on left side of label and should be 'Bell Sound' stamped in deadwax

Text of original Dark Blue copies much sharper and defined than the Dark Blue boots "I Never Knew" in deadwax of my original too as well

Yeah Dave got my first issue of JA at soul bowl £3-50 now long gone but I got another a few years ago for $120 from Frank Merrill I have an autographed 'Hurt by Love' and a 'Love Lets Try It Again in' Wheelsville (great double sider)

That was it Arthur, Mick Smith had some of the collection, Rob Thomas had a few as well. At the time I bought Honey & the Bees - Dynamite Exploded and Sonny Herman - Utopia from Mick. I saw the stuff Rob had a couple of weeks later at Derek Allen's soul nite in Hinckley, Rob had some top oldies in the box for sale including the Larry Clinton issue.

I know the guy that bought this off John, he lives locally in my area. He has a very enterprising entertainments business so maybe he has cash problems with one of his latest projects. He's a bit of an ellusive character, he sometimes turns up at local events I am DJ'ing at for the odd hour and then dissapears again for a few months. I think he's bought other rare classics things from Johnny in the past but keeps his vynil addiction fairly quiet. Another clandestine collector methinks....

No Steve, this copy is in better condition. The one Rob had came from a collection belonging to somebody who's business went tits up. I actually ended up with two or three records from the same persons collection........can't remember the guy's name now ?

It's NOT A RE-ISSUE it's an out and out way of making as much money as possible by SCANNING labels from the original and sticking them on a cheap pressing knowing that there are some sad F**KERS out there who will buy this crap in a vain attempt to look like a DJ with a reasonable play box. Whilst there are sad F**KERS about, and it seems there are a few, then there will be a market for people like this ebay seller with NO CONSCIENCE to continue offloading FAKE records. (If this seller lived in my area he woul'nt be welcome at any soul do's I attend and would have the finger pointed at him) The two parties above are as bad as each other, both to blame for this recent blot on our soul scene. What I am most concerned about however is these FAKE records getting into circulation by being offloaded by the sad F**KERS after they are bored with em' and they move on to the next batch of FAKES. There will be unfortunately some soft touch out there who will end up with FAKE records having paid for an original I bet.

Great other side to Deletts - What's the Use..........Similar backing to the good and rare Gerri Shivers - Let's Try It Again - Pat

Notice Mike VALVANO misspelt on UK release...... Was UK release produced from a badly hand written acetate ?

That'll be Elf or PAMA (UK)